Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - nipple
Nipple
nipple
n. 1 a small projection in which the mammary ducts of either sex of mammals terminate and from which in females milk is secreted for the young. 2 the teat of a feeding-bottle. 3 a device like a nipple in function, e.g. the tip of a grease-gun. 4 a nipple-like protuberance. 5 US a short section of pipe with a screw-thread at each end for coupling. Etymology: 16th c., also neble, nible, perh. dimin. f. neb
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noun Etymology: earlier neble, nible, probably diminutive of neb, nib Date: circa 1530 the protuberance of a mammary gland upon which in the female the lactiferous ducts open and from which milk is drawn, 2. an artificial teat through which a bottle-fed infant nurses, a device with an orifice through which the discharge of a liquid can be regulated, 3. a protuberance resembling or suggesting the ~ of a breast, a small projection through which oil or grease is injected into machinery, a pipe coupling consisting of a short piece of threaded tubing, ~d adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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